These are some beautiful buildings. Serioiusly.
Ours isn't as grand as many of these -- it was originally a family home -- but it is indeed "home" to us. Located on the northern outskirts of Evansville, Indiana, the property is called "Lyrecrest," and it consists of 14+ acres with three buildings: the main building, the Robert H. Bray Cottage (a bunkhouse for chapters on retreat or others visiting) and a more recently purchased house called Lyrecrest North. There is also a lake on the grounds.
The main building:
The main building houses fraternity offices, the Sinfonia Store and has meeting rooms in a large lower floor (it be seen to the left of the handicapped ramp -- supposedly it was originally built to house organ pipes for an organ owned by a previous owner). Some historical items are also on display there.
I can't find any good pictures of the interior, or of Robert H. Bray Cottage (though you can see it behind the main building in the second picture above)or Lyrecrest North , but here is a picture of one of the items held at Lyrecrest North -- the stained glass that was originally placed over the door of Alpha's Chapter room at the New England Conservatory:
Two cool asides: First, by coincidence the address (10600 Old State Rd) reflecte the day we became a national fraternity by chartering our Beta chapter -- 10-6-(19)00.
As an added bonus, Lyrecrest has its own ghost. He is known as "Burr."
Hybrid Mode
